Jam 3:5-12 | NASB2020 | STEP | So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things . See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire !

‏ James 3:5-12

5 So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it ^aboasts of great things.

^bSee how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! 6 And ^cthe tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among ^{▼▼Lit our parts}our body’s parts as that which ^edefiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our ^{▼▼Or existence, origin}life, and is set on fire by ^{▼▼Gr Gehenna} ^hhell. 7 For every ^{▼▼Lit nature}species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human ^{▼▼Lit nature}race. 8 But no one among mankind can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of ^kdeadly poison. 9 With it we bless ^lour Lord and Father, and with it we curse people, ^mwho have been made in the likeness of God; 10 from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, these things should not be this way. 11 Does a spring send out from the same opening both ^{▼▼Lit sweet}fresh and bitter water? 12 ^oCan a fig tree, my brothers and sisters, bear olives, or a vine bear figs? Nor can salt water produce ^{▼▼Lit sweet}fresh.